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DCP-LETT-359

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Buckland
Date:
[15 June 1837]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Describes the two species of lizard [Amblyrhynchus] found in the Galapagos Archipelago.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel3444

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Buckland
Date:
1837-11
Source of text:
RS Bu.83
Summary:

Thanks for paper. Discusses fossils, 'singular' land formation in Cape area. Asks WB to remember JH to 'geological friends' and tell [Charles] Daubeny of JH's specimen of Daubeny's root.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5854

From:
William Buckland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 June 1837]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.323
Summary:

Sending a copy of W. D. Conybeare's most recent publication; also his own Bridgewater treatise. Is grateful for his gift of luminous animals, which he has deposited in the College of Surgeons. Richard Owen has been giving the best lectures ever given. Dr. [William?] Smith is to exhibit his collection at Bulloch's museum. Is anxious to know what kind of fossil quadrupeds are to be found at the Cape.

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John Herschel Project
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